You contributed 1 million merge requests in a month!

GitLab.com celebrated a significant milestone in March 2019, reaching a record 1 million merge requests (MRs), with another million following in April, marking a 17% increase in engagement from February to March. This surge was primarily driven by private project MRs, although there is potential for increased community participation in public projects. GitLab's design enables contributors from diverse backgrounds, including developers, project managers, and writers, to collaborate on projects, transforming ideas into actionable changes. Contributions vary from technical enhancements to operational improvements, such as refining the onboarding process or documentation, and the platform welcomes first-time contributors, emphasizing that contributions are not limited to code. Senior product manager Jeremy Watson highlights the importance of community support in achieving GitLab's vision of facilitating innovation through a single application, while Ray Paik notes that recent releases have seen 40-50 new contributors, many of whom began by improving documentation.

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